Five injured when hot air balloon hits power lines in Clinton

CLINTON — Five people were injured when a hot air balloon hit power lines and caught fire at 7:40 p.m. Saturday as it tried to land in a yard at Brook Street.

The Clinton Item reported five of the six people in the balloon suffered burns and were being treated at Clinton Hospital.

The balloon is owned by Damn Yankee Balloons of Dixfield, Maine. A person who answered the company phone this morning declined to comment.The Federal Aviation Administration said today it planned to investigate the crash.David Graves, spokesman for National Grid, said about 600 customers lost power. Power was restored to 520 customers and the remaining 83 were expected to get their power back by 1 or 2 a.m.